Cigarette package



fi, 1940- I M. c. TOWERS 91 9 8 CIGARETTE PACKAGE Filed Dec. 19, 1938 I ,m IE U I 1 w (i /5 i I! i I 1 27 1061112 MaTH'Iew c. Towers atmosphere begins.

Patented Apr. 16, 1940 rarsmr OFFlCE- CIGARETTE PACKAGE Matthew 0. Towers, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Application December 19, 1938, Serial No. 246,562

In Canada January 4, 1938 6 Claims.

The invention relates to improvements in cigarette packages as described in the present specification and shown in the accompanying drawing that forms part of the same.

The object of my invention is to produce a new and improved type of cigarette package composed of a pliant outer cover, pouch-like in form, and an inner tray or container. The outer cover is made of a transparent moisture-proof paper or fabric of one or more plys, and is so formed as to provide a pocket with a flap of sufiicient length to fold over the front thereof and Wrap around the'b-ack. The packet may be of such dimensions to contain a row of ten, fifteen or more cigarettes as may be desired by the manufacturer. t

The tray or container is formed from'a blank of pasteboard into a receptacle for the cigarettes that fits snugly in the aforesaid pocket and. has

a window in it through which the cigarettes are exposed to view. It is proposed that said'outer cover shall bear suitable printed matter in the form of an attractive design and/or reading matter as may be preferred by the manufacturer. The printed matter however should not of course obstruct the window of the tray, which window being provided by opaque and transparent portions of the outer covering and a registering opening in the tray.

As is well known, one of the conventional cigarette packages widely used consists of a rigid pasteboard carton put up in difierent sizes and containing units of 5, 10, 20,01 25 cigarettes. The cigarettes are wrapped in metal-foil and enclosed in a printed or lithographed carton consisting of two parts, an inner tray and outer sliding cover. Inorder to better preserve the tobaccos freshness this carton is usually covered with a sheet of transparent cellulose material, such as the material sold under the tradename Cellophane. This must be torn 01f before the cigarettes are used,-and its protection is thus ended before the real exposure to the ering is commonly quite diilicultv to remove in spite of various devices to facilitate such removal. The cigarettes within the package, if it contains more than ten, are usually arranged in two rows, thus by their added thickness making this form of package bulky to carry. Another form of package for cigarettes, less commonly used, is a soft paper package, which affords even less protection to the cigarettes from breakage or atmospheric conditions than the rigid type of cigarette carton.

The said Cellophane coV- (Cl. 206-e41) According to my invention I provide a cigarcigarettes is contained. The flap can be'quickly and easily sealed in suitable manner such as by means of the government revenue stamp. 7

One advantage of my invention isthat it provides a convenient fiat package of a unitary nature for holding cigarettes Within the tray member, which may have a closure piece so disposed as to be closed tightly by the folding of the flap about the pocket.

Another advantage is that the window ren-. ders the cigarettes visible without exposing them tothe atmosphere, and the construction enables the package to be opened and closed with ease and dispatch in the removal of cigarettes.

A still further advantage is that the package Figure 3 is a view of the open outer cover or envelope omitting the tray. v

Figure 3A is cross section taken on line 3A3A of Figu're3.

Figure 4 is a-view of the blank of fromwhich the tray is formed.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the tray.

Referring to the drawing, the outer cover or envelope is constructed from anelongated rec-' tangular blank of transparent, pliant material 83 commonly sold under the trade-mark Cellophane. Before assembling the blank, I apply to one of its sides a colored inklor pigment by any suitable means as to render the sheet opaque, but with exception that ,a small area or space is left at one end that serves as a Window H 'or sight portion in the'inner wall of the pocket that is eventually formed.

The transparent space denoted at H is of a shape to registerwith a sight in the tray that pasteboard In the assembling of said blank I first fold the longitudinal edge portions of the material 6 so as to form side flanges l and then adhesively secure the flanges flat upon the material to reinforce the side edges and thus preclude tearing in the use of the article. Next, I fold the end portion that bears the transparent section aforementioned in a manner to overlie the intermediate portion and bring the flanges I to the inside, see Figure 3. I then adhesively secure the side edges 9 of this folded part onto the section against which it is folded. In this way .a pocket 8 is formed having a top edge opening [0 through which the tray or carton may be easily inserted. The transparent area of the material thus provides a window II at the vicinity of the opening ill and in the inner wall of the pocket. Consequently, when a tray or carton of cigarettes is inserted in the pocket with a sight or cut-out portion in register with the window II the cigarettes are visible when the envelope is opened (see Figure 2).

The remaining extent of the material 6 provides a flap 52 that wraps around the front of the pocket and extends partly over the back to compose a pouch-like envelope. The free end of the flap is sealed in the manufacture by a government stamp indicated at 3. The cover may bear desirable imprinted matter as already referred to.

The tray I4 is a pasteboard member of a size to fit snugly within the pocket aforesaid in order to contain a row of cigarettes. Said tray is preferably formed of a blank of material as shown in Figure 4, and consists of a front wall I5, a back wall It, and a lid-forming section H. The front and back walls are joined by a bottom wall l8 defined by the bend lines l9, and have side flaps defined by bend lines 2 i. The lid-forming section H is severed along the line 22 to produce the lid 23 and to provide the pieces 24 at the ends thereof that lie at the top and to which the crosspiece 25 is attached. The front wall l5 has pro- Vided in it a window or sight 26 located at the top of the tray and disposed in register with the window I I in the pocket. The hinged edge of the lid is disposed adjacent to the flap of the outer cover, consequently the lid is closed as the flap is wrapped about the pocket.

While I have described the envelope as formed from a single sheet of cellulose material, it is to be understood that if so desired two sheets or plys could be employed, one upon the other, in which case the additional sheet would be entirely transparent and fashioned together with the imprinted sheet in the manner already recounted. In either case the imprinted blank is preferably folded to bring the colored lining surface inside.

What I claim is:

l. A package of the class described comprising a box-like casing of comparatively stiff pasteboard including an apertured front wall of which the opening provides a sight to render the contents visible without permitting them to drop out,

and a top opening for removal of the contents; and an envelope of transparent pliant material having a pocket of a size to envelop the casing snugly, there being a top opening in the pocket for insertion of the casing and a flap for wrapping over the pocket opening and down the front wall of the pocket and up the back thereof, said envelope being imprinted to render it generally opaque but leaving a limited transparent area at the front of the pocket in register with the aforesaid sight of the casing through which the contents are exposed to view when the flap is unwrapped.

2. A cigarette package of the class described comprising a box-like casing of comparatively stiff material in which the cigarettes are initially packed, said casing having a top opening for extracting the cigarettes and a front sight that at least partially exposes the cigarettes to view; and an envelope of transparent pliant material having a pocket adapted to snugly envelop the casing, there being a top opening in the pocket for insertion of the casing, saidenvelope also having a flap for wrapping over the pocket opening and down the front of the pocket and partly up the back thereof, said envelope being imprinted to render it generally opaque but leaving a limited transparent area at the front of its pocket in register with the aforesaid front sight of the casing through which the cigarettes are seen when the flap is unwrapped from the pocket.

3. A cigarette package comprising a comparatively stiff pasteboard carton adapted to initially contain a row of cigarettes and having at least five walls, four of which are arranged to encircle the cigarettes transversely of their axes and one of the four walls forming the front of the carton and having a cut-out portion extending crosswise of the cigarettes to expose the same; and an envelope of transparent pliant material having a pocket corresponding in shape to the shape of the casing and adapted to receive and contain the same and its cigarettes, said envelope having a relatively long flap forming a continuation of the pocket for wrapping around the front and back thereof to enclose the pocket, said envelope being imprinted to render it generally opaque but leaving a-limited transparent area in the front of the pocketsuch as to expose the cut-out portion in the front of said carton when the flap is unwrapped for removal of a cigarette.

4. A cigarette package comprising a block tray of comparatively stiff material in which cigarettes are initially packed in a row, said tray having a front wall provided with a sight extending across the cigarettes to expose the same and the tray having an open top end provided with a closure flap; and an envelope of transparent pliant material comprising a pocket snugly containing the tray, and a relatively long flap extending fromthe back wall of the pocketfor wrapping forwardly around the pocket and up the back wall to completely envelop the broad front of the pocket and that of the tray, said envelope being imprinted to render it generally opaque but leaving a limited transparent section corresponding in shape to said sight and in register therewith, said transparent section forming a window for exposing the cigarettes to view when the flap is unwrapped.

5. A cigarette package of the class described comprising a box-like casing of comparatively stiff material in which the cigarettes are initially packed, said casing having a top opening for extracting the cigarettes and a front sight that at least partially exposes the cigarettes to view; and

an envelope composed of a substantially elongated blank of transparent pliant material having its longitudinal edges inturned and adhesively secured to one of the broad faces and an end section folded and adhesively secured at the side edges to the edge portions of the section upon which it overlies, thereby forming a pocket with a flap extending from the back Wall, said pocket being of a size to snugly contain the casing of which the top opening is arranged at the opening of the pocket and the sight aforesaid is adjacent to the front of the pocket, said envelope being imprinted to leave only a limited transparent area in register with the said sight, the flap being of an extent to wrap about the pocket and cover said transparent area and the sight.

surface is protected against defacement by thenon-imprinted blank.

'MATTHEW C. TOWERS. 

